How inlined are inlined functions?

[Jason Merrill]

>>>>> Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.COM> writes:

 > So if you write code that you expect to have a lifetime of more than a
 > week and a half, you should focus on maintainable design, not raw speed.
 > Later on, you can do profiling, and only do speed hacks for the "hot
 > spots" in your code.  Those who have to maintain your code after you
 > will thank you.

Hear, hear.  As I recall, Knuth wrote an article many years ago talking
about how bad an idea it was to try to hand-optimize code without reference
to profiling information.  People make a lot of work for themselves and
often end up making things worse.

Jason